1910-1911.] Griddle or Greidell Ine or Een. 2 8 1 



stones probably forming part of the wall. The circle is about 

 67 feet in diameter from south to north, measuring to the 

 outside of the wall or rim. Measured from west to east upon 

 the same plan, its diameter, as far as I could judge, is 66 feet. 



The small chamher, marked No. 2 upon the plan (see Plate 

 XXIII.), is built of stone slabs near the centre of the circle, 

 and was evidently a place of burial, the body having been 

 interred in a crouching position. The chamber, with its cist, 

 is much too short for an ordinary burial in the prostrate 

 position. This chamber, which is situated a short distance 

 from the centre of the circle, — for the most part in the north- 

 west quarter of the circle, — has a height of 3 feet 11 inches 

 from the ground. Inside it is a stone cist or cavity, probably 

 what the Irish would call a derc, filled with dd)ris. It is con- 

 structed of loose stones, quite independent of the stones form- 

 ing the sides of the chamber (see dotted lines No. 2 on ground- 

 plan). The cover stone of the cist or derc is awanting, and I 

 did not remove the d4h7'is to examine the bottom. The sides 

 are formed with one stone on each side of the cavity and one 

 stone forming each end. The length of this cist or derc, in- 

 side the stones, is 2 feet 1 1 inches, and across 2 feet 7 inches. 

 The length of the roof - stone of the chamber is 3 feet 

 11 inches. 



This combination of the cist or derc and outside chamber, 

 which covered the enclosed burial-place, was evidently what in 

 Ireland was called a fe^^t. Prof. W. K. Sullivan, at p. 

 cccxxix of the Introduction to O'Curry, points out there is 

 some doubt as to the true meaning of the term fert. " A 

 rectangular chamber composed of a number of upright stones, 

 on the top of which were laid horizontally other flags, erected 

 over a derc, is usually called a fert. Such a naked stone 

 chamber was, however, more correctly called an Indeilh Cloich" 

 This latter name might quite well apply to the larger stone 

 chamber I have now to describe. 



The larger chamber (see Plate XXIV.), near the south wall 

 of the circle, but inside its radius, was evidently used for some 

 similar purpose to the smaller chamber just described. It is 

 too large for an ordinary burial, is too wide and too high. It 

 is something more than a mere grave, and I discovered no sign 

 within it of any cavity in the floor or inner cist or derc. A 



